diggings
plural noun
dig·gings
ˈdi-giŋz 
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Stricker’s mention of Long Beach was a reference to Washington’s richest razor diggings, which also have yielded unusually large clams.
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Bill Monroe, oregonlive, 1 Apr. 2022
As tear gas and bullets fly, students from the affluent suburbs of Yangon and Mandalay, the country’s two biggest cities, are being joined on the barricades by fresh-faced office and factory workers and young miners from the jade diggings of Kachin.
—Brian Wong, Time, 5 Mar. 2021
But her family letters from a century ago told of gatherings, as well as grave diggings.
—Jacey Fortin New York Times, Star Tribune, 9 Dec. 2020
Bill Monroe, oregonlive, 1 Apr. 2022
As tear gas and bullets fly, students from the affluent suburbs of Yangon and Mandalay, the country’s two biggest cities, are being joined on the barricades by fresh-faced office and factory workers and young miners from the jade diggings of Kachin.
—Brian Wong, Time, 5 Mar. 2021
But her family letters from a century ago told of gatherings, as well as grave diggings.
—Jacey Fortin New York Times, Star Tribune, 9 Dec. 2020
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First Known Use
1538, in the meaning defined at sense 1
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“Diggings.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/diggings. Accessed 6 Dec. 2023.
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diggings
noun plural
dig·gings
ˈdig-iŋz
1
: a place where ore, metals, or gems are dug
2
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